Comment by umanwizard
1 year ago
Sequences in math start with 1 by convention, not for any fundamental logical reason. It’s a reach to say that math is “inherently 1-based”.
1 year ago
Sequences in math start with 1 by convention, not for any fundamental logical reason. It’s a reach to say that math is “inherently 1-based”.
I don't think it is.
Mathematics as a discipline predates the invention of the digit zero. The concept sure, but the notation and building positional representations around it is around 2000 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0#History